Coca-Cola C2 -HALF the carbs, calories, and sugar

[underpants]

Welcome to the low-carb century, it's official.



A bottle of the low-carbohydrate, low sugar Coca-Cola C2 cola soft drink is shown at reception after the brand's United States introduction in Hollywood May 24, 2004. Coca-Cola C2 will have half the carbohydrates and half the calories and sugar of regular Coca-Cola and will be available in retail outlets in the United States in early June 2004. REUTERS/Fred Prouser REUTERS


You know it's good because Ryan Seacrest (AND Paula Abdul in other photos) are promoting it.

[Loonman]

1. Half the flavor!

;)

[GOPisEvil]

2. Since they're taking ingredients out, it will be more expensive.

Yeah, that makes sense. :silly:

[underpants]

4. Does anyone smell a "New Coke" round of executive firings coming?

No the low carb crowd will probably buy it up. It's like the new Amway.

[Whitacre D_WI]

3. Coca-Cola doesn't have sugar.

Well, not cane sugar.

It's sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup, which is why it tastes like a monkey's ass. Wait till Passover, then go somewhere with a good selection of Kosher foods -- that's the ONLY time you'll find Coke made with sugar (in the U.S. anyway).

[GOPisEvil]

5. You can still buy Dr. Pepper made with Imperial Cane Sugar here in TX.

But you have to hunt for it.

[Whitacre D_WI]

7. Dublin Dr. Pepper.

They do mail order!

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

8. Ahh...Dr. Pepper

I miss that drink, but ever since the Carlyle Group bought it up, I stopped drinking it.
I wish I was kidding.
(Please prove me wrong, I want to start drinking it again)

[underpants]

6. Where did you find monkey ass?

Do they deliver?

[Whitacre D_WI]

9. I find it in Coke bottles.

[LoZoccolo]

12. In Chicago you can get it from mexican supermarkets.

In glass bottles too!

[demnan]

10. Anybody tried it?

I've had stuff made with Splenda and it's pretty good.

[underpants]

11. I think they just unveiled it today

Surely they tested it first. My in-laws live in a test market city (Roanoke Va.) and they see items months to years before everyone else does but I haven't heard anything about this from them.

[jpgray]

13. I'll stick with water--it's been good to me (nt)

[underpants]

15. But water doesn't have "half the carbs..."

Now does it?

[DS1]

16. Funny thing that! I saw a low-carb salad dressing the other day

1 Gram per serving

The regular version of the same dressing by the same manufacturer.

1 Gram per serving

[underpants]

17. The serving size was 1 gram or there was 1 gram of fat?

and was it good fat or bad fat?

[DS1]

19. 1 gram of carbs per serving on both types

basically an identical product.

Unless I'm not detecting some form of sarcasm, in which case the low-carb version was really just C-rations blended into a paste and bottled.

[radwriter0555]

14. And more cancer causing, non-nutrative substances guaranteed to make you

an idiot for spending a dollar a can on something that costs .00002c to manufacture!

OH GOODY!

[Robb]

18. See, I was almost on board with this one.

...But then I discovered it wouldn't be clear. Who wants to drink that many chemicals if it isn't clear?!? :D

I miss the days when everything was becoming clear in the soda world. Crystal Pepsi, where have you gone? :P

What'll the next wave of soda-messin' be? Robbstrodamus is predicting some kind of binary-fusing system where you break a seal and combine two ingredients in a central chamber, where they suddenly get all carbonated right in front of your eyes!!!!

Good lord, that would actually sell, wouldn't it? :eyes: